Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper song)

For other songs with the same name, see Time After Time (disambiguation) § Songs.
"Time After Time"
Side A of US 7-inch vinyl single
Single by Cyndi Lauper
from the album She's So Unusual
B-side"I'll Kiss You"
ReleasedMarch 12, 1984 (UK)[1]
March 27, 1984 (US)[2]
RecordedJune 1983
StudioRecord Plant (New York City)
Genre
Length4:01
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Rick Chertoff
Cyndi Lauper singles chronology
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
(1983) 		"Time After Time"
(1984) 		"She Bop"
(1984)
Music video
"Time After Time" on YouTube

"Time After Time" is a song by American singer Cyndi Lauper from her debut studio album, She's So Unusual (1983). It was released as the album's second single in March 1984, by Epic and Portrait Records. Written by Lauper and Rob Hyman, who also provided backing vocals, the song was produced by Rick Chertoff. It was written in the album's final stages, after "Girls Just Want to Have Fun", "She Bop" and "All Through the Night" had been written or recorded. The writing began with the title, which Lauper had seen in TV Guide, referring to the 1979 film Time After Time.[8]

"Time After Time" received positive reviews from music critics, with many commending it for being a solid and memorable love song. It has since been named as one of the greatest pop songs of all time by many media outlets, including Rolling Stone, Nerve, MTV, and many others.[9] The song was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year at the 27th Annual Grammy Awards.[10] Commercially, "Time After Time" was another success for Lauper, becoming her first No. 1 hit single in the United States, topping the Billboard Hot 100 on June 9, 1984, and remaining at the top for two weeks. It additionally peaked at No. 6 on the Australian Kent Music Report chart and No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart.

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  4. ^ Smith, Troy L. (13 May 2021). "Every No. 1 song of the 1980s ranked from worst to best". Cleveland.com. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  5. ^ Hobart, Mike (February 19, 2018). "Cyndi Lauper's Time After Time — a 1980s-defining romantic ballad". Financial Times.
  6. ^ Billboard Staff (October 19, 2023). "The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List". Billboard. Retrieved February 24, 2024. A devastating new wave ballad, loaded with lyrical wonders...
  7. ^ "Toto Eclipse of the Heart: The Best of Eighties Soft Rock". Rolling Stone. 12 June 2014. Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  8. ^ Myers, Marc (1 December 2015). "How Cyndi Lauper Wrote Her First No. 1 Hit, 'Time After Time'". The Wall Street Journal. New York City, NY, U.S. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Rolling Stone & MTV: 100 Greatest Pop Songs: 51–100". RockOnTheNet.com. Archived from the original on 2024-03-01. Retrieved 2012-11-15.
  10. ^ "Song of the Year – 27th Grammy Awards". The Recording Academy. Retrieved April 25, 2018.